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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table of Contents Copyright ........................2 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement ....3 Safety Warnings ....................... 4 ZyXEL Limited Warranty..................5 Customer Support....................6 Table of Contents ..................... 8 List of Figures ......................14 List of Tables ......................
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 3.2 Device Icon Colors .....................37 3.3 System Message Panel Alarm Status ..............37 3.4 System Message Panel Port Status ..............38 3.5 Menu Shortcut Buttons ..................38 3.6 EMS Main Menu Summary ................38 3.7 Common EMS Command Buttons ..............41 3.8 View the Switch ....................41...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 6.2 VLAN Template ....................68 6.2.1 Creating a New VLAN Template ...............69 6.3 IGMP Filtering Profile Template .................70 6.3.1 Configuring an IGMP Filter Template ............71 6.4 Static Multicast Group Template .................72 6.4.1 Configuring a Multicast Template ..............74 Chapter 7 Provisioning ......................
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 11.1.1 Telnet ....................100 11.1.2 Web Access ..................101 11.2 Ping ........................101 Chapter 12 Device Menu Overview ..................104 12.1 Device Menu Summary ..................104 12.2 Property Configuration ...................104 12.3 Introducing the Device Configuration Window ..........104 12.3.1 Port List Multiple Port Configuration .............105...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 15.2.1 Configuring an 802.11Q VLAN .............136 15.2.2 Removing a VLAN ................137 15.3 Introduction to Port-based VLANs ..............138 15.3.1 Configuring Port Based VLAN ..............138 Chapter 16 Ethernet Port Configuration ................140 16.1 Overview ......................140 16.2 Port Setup ......................140...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 18.2.2 Interfaces and Virtual Links ..............165 18.2.3 Configuring Basic OSPF Settings ............166 18.2.4 Configuring a New OSPF Area .............168 18.2.5 Configuring a New OSPF Virtual Link ...........169 18.2.6 Configuring a New OSPF Interface ............170 18.3 IGMP ......................171...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Introduction This chapter introduces and shows you how to access the EMS (Element Management System). 1.1 EMS Overview The Element Management System (EMS) retrieves management information from switches using the SNMP protocol.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Switch Manager This chapter describes the Switch Manager screens. 2.1 Switch Manager Overview Use the Switch Manager screens to view EMS and device logs and database management.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 3 Switch Manager Menus Overview (continued) LABEL SUB-MENU DESCRIPTION Scheduled Backup Use this screen to specify Configuration (EMS DB) when to store logs in the database. Help On-line Help Select On-line Help to display an EMS help file.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 4 Switch Manager: Admin: Access Log (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Sorted by Select By Device Name to sort the logs displayed in alphabetical order according to the names of the switch(es). Select Log Time to sort the logs displayed according to the times received on the switch(es).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 6 Switch Manager: Admin: Database Management: Backup/Restore The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 5 Switch Manager: Admin: Database Management: Backup/Restore LABEL DESCRIPTION Directory Specify the location you wish the EMS to restore from or back up to on your computer or click Browse to locate it.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 6 Switch Manager: Admin: Database Management: Log Storage LABEL DESCRIPTION Storage Configuration Configure the following fields to retain daily records. Select the first radio button and a number (in thousands) from the drop-down list box to retain that number of records.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 7 Switch Manager: Admin: Database Management: Scheduled Backup LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Schedule Frequency Scheduled backups can be performed Daily, Weekly or Monthly. Select a radio button to schedule database backups starting from the date and time specified below.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R EMS Main Window This chapter describes the EMS main window. 3.1 Introduction After you have accessed the EMS, double-click the switch device icon in the Device List Panel to display the EMS main screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 8 EMS Main Screen Overview ELEMENT FUNCTION Menu Shortcut Bar Use these buttons to execute common commands quickly. Hold the cursor over an icon to see a tool tip. Device List Panel View devices in a tree structure.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 10 System Message Panel Alarm Status (continued) PANEL ALARMS ALARM OFF ALARM ON TEMP When this icon is gray out, The temperature at a sensor temperatures at all sensor point in the switch has risen...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 11 EMS Menu Summary VIEW TEMPLATE PROVISIONING PERFORMANCE FAULT MAINTENANCE TOOL HELP Hardware VLAN IGMP Filtering Interface Event Firmware Telnet About Submap Status Template Provisioning Upgrade /Device Edit IGMP Loopback Device Reset...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 12 EMS Navigation Panel Sub-link Descriptions (continued) DESCRIPTION LABEL Port Status This link takes you to a screen where you can view the port status of a device. 802.1d This link takes you to a screen where you can view the MAC addresses (and types) of devices attached to what ports and VLAN IDs or view the MAC addresses –...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 3.7 Common EMS Command Buttons The following table shows common command buttons found on most EMS screens. Table 13 Common EMS Command Buttons LABEL DESCRIPTION Apply Click Apply to save the changes back to the switch.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 13 Configuration: System Configuration: System Info. The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 14 Configuration: Switch Configuration: System Info. LABEL DESCRIPTION Device Name This field displays the descriptive name of a device.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 3.10 Configuration Save You must save the current configuration in the EMS to the selected switch(es) to make the changes take effect. Note: If an administrator is currently logged into the device via the console port or the CLI (Command Line Interface), you cannot save the device settings from the EMS.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R This chapter describes the Map screens you use to add, edit or delete device mappings in the EMS. 4.1 Submap and Device Mapping The EMS mapping displays logical hierarchy for the switch in the EMS. When you first start the EMS, the default Root Map and an icon for your switch device are created in the Device List Panel automatically.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 17 Map: Add Submap/Device The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 15 Map: Add Submap/Device LABEL DESCRIPTION Properties Select the Submap or Device radio button to add a new submap or device icon to the Device List Panel.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 18 Map: Edit Node Refer to Table 15 on page 47 for the field descriptions. 4.1.3 Finding an Object To find or locate a device (or node), click Map > Find Object.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 4.1.5 Deleting a Device To remove a device from the Device List Panel, select the device icon and click Map > Delete. 4.2 Exit Click Map > Exit to close the EMS screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R View This chapter describes the various View screens. 5.1 Hardware Status View fan speeds, voltage levels and temperatures of a selected switch in the Hardware Monitor screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 16 Status: Hardware Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Fan RPM (RPM) A properly functioning fan is an essential component (along with a sufficiently ventilated, cool operating environment) in order for the device to stay within the temperature threshold.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 5.2 STP/RSTP (R)STP detects and breaks network loops and provides backup links between switches, bridges or routers. It allows a switch to interact with other (R)STP -compliant switches in your network to ensure that only one path exists between any two stations on the network.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Once a stable network topology has been established, all bridges listen for Hello BPDUs (Bridge Protocol Data Units) transmitted from the root bridge. If a bridge does not get a Hello BPDU after a predefined interval (Max Age), the bridge assumes that the link to the root bridge is down.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 19 View: STP Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Spanning Tree This field displays Running if STP is activated; otherwise, it displays Down. Protocol Bridge Root refers to the base of the spanning tree (the root bridge).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 23 View: VLAN Status The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 20 View: VLAN Status LABEL DESCRIPTION VLAN ID This field displays the identification number of the VLAN. Name This field displays a unique number for identification purposes.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 24 View: Port Status The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 21 View: Port Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Port This identifies the Ethernet port. Link Speed This field displays the speed (either 10M for 10Mbps, 100M for 100Mbps or 1000M for 1000Mbps).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 5.5 802.1D Use the following screens to view a table of MAC address entries or to view a table of IP address mappings. 5.5.1 MAC Table Follow the steps below to view the MAC table.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 22 View: 802.1d: MAC Table (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION This is the VLAN group to which this MAC address belongs. Port This is the port from which the above MAC address was learned.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 23 View: 802.1d: ARP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION Index This is the ARP table entry number. IP Address This is the learned IP address of a device connected to a switch port with corresponding MAC address below.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 24 View: Multicast Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Index This field displays the index number. This field displays the multicast VLAN ID. Port This field displays the port number(s) that belongs to the multicast group.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 28 View: IP Application Status: Routing Table Status The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 25 View: IP Application Status: Routing Table Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Index This field displays the index number.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 29 View: IP Application Status: IP Table Status The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 26 View: IP Application Status: IP Table Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Sort by Click one of the following buttons to display and arrange the data according to that button type.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 5.7.3 DHCP Server Status Follow the steps below to view the DHCP server status of a selected device. 1 Click View > IP Application Status. 2 Select a switch from the list located on the left-hand side of the screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 5.7.4 VRRP Status Follow the steps below to view the VRRP status of a selected device. 1 Click View > IP Application Status. 2 Select a switch from the list located on the left-hand side of the screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 28 View: IP Application Status: VRRP Status (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Uplink Status This field displays the status of the link between this switch and the uplink gateway. This field is Alive indicating that the link between this switch and the uplink gateway is up.
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 29 View: Interface Status (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Polling The text box displays how often (in seconds) this screen refreshes. You may change the refresh interval by typing a new number in the text box and then clicking Apply.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Template This chapter describes how to configure VLAN, IGMP filtering and multicast templates. 6.1 Template Overview A template is a pre-configured set of configuration settings. Templates allow you to configure device VLANs, IGMP filers and multicast groups efficiently.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 30 Template: VLAN LABEL DESCRIPTION Device Type Select a device for which you want to configure a VLAN template. VLAN Identity VLAN ID Enter a unique number to identify the VLAN.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 6 Click New. 7 If the VLAN is created successfully, a screen displays. Click OK. 6.3 IGMP Filtering Profile Template With IGMP filtering, you can control which IGMP groups a subscriber on a port can join. This allows you to control the distribution of multicast services (such as content information distribution) based on service plans and types of subscription.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 31 Template: IGMP Filter Template (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION IGMP Filter This table displays the settings of the selected IGMP filter above. Parameters Index This is the number of the IGMP filter profile.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 32 Template: New IGMP Filter (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION End Address Enter the ending multicast IP address for a range of IP addresses to which you want this IGMP filter profile to allow access.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 36 Template: Multicast Template The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 33 Template: Multicast LABEL DESCRIPTION Device Type Select a device from the drop-down list box to view the device’s VLAN configuration.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 33 Template: Multicast (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION IGMP Filtering This field displays the name of the IGMP filtering profile to use for this port. Close Click Close to close this screen. 6.4.1 Configuring a Multicast Template To create a new multicast template, click New in the Multicast Template screen.
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 34 Template: New Multicast (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION IGMP Filter Double-click this field to select the name of the IGMP filtering profile to use for this port. Click OK to save the settings and close this screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Provisioning This chapter shows you how to use the Provisioning screens to apply templates. 7.1 Overview After you have created an IGMP filter profile (or template) in the Template screens, you can use the Provisioning screens to apply or delete IGMP filter profiles to or from a device.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 38 Provisioning: IGMP Filter 4 Click Apply To Devices to apply the selected IGMP filer profile(s). 5 A screen displays as shown. Select the device(s) to which you want to apply the IGMP filter(s).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 40 Provisioning: IGMP Filter: Apply to Devices: Successful 7.3 Removing an IGMP Filter Profile Follow the steps below to remove an IGMP filter from a device. 1 Click Provisioning > IGMP Filter Provision to display the screen as shown.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 42 Provisioning: IGMP Filter: Remove From Devices: Select Device 6 Click OK to remove the IGMP filter profile settings from the selected device(s). 7 A Result screen displays showing the profile removal status. Click Close to close this screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Performance This chapter describes the interface performance screen, graph setup and table setup. View Ethernet history statistics for your switch network. 8.1 Interface Performance This section shows you how to configure what you want to display in a performance table or graph.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 35 Performance: Interface (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Non-unicast Pkts Select this option to show the total number of good non-unicast packets received or transmitted that were dropped. Discard Pkts Select this option to show the total number of packets received or transmitted that were dropped.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 8.2.1 Editing a Table Entry Note: You can edit a table entry in all screens that display information in tabular format. In any tabulated screen display, click the Edit icon in the menu bar icon to display the Edit Table Entry screen and edit any field in a table.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 36 Edit Table Entry (continued) COMMAND DESCRIPTION Previous/Next Each page shows up to ten variables. The page number and total number of pages Page Buttons are displayed in the top right corner. Use the >> button to move to the next page and click the <<...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 47 Expand Field The Expand screen shows the variable value in a larger edit box, so you can more easily enter a long value. It also shows the variable type and a description from the MIB source file.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 48 Graph Menu Bar Restart Save to Bar Poll Paging Scroll Graph File Chart Interval Controls Controls Pause Line Pie Distribution Vertical Graph Graph Chart Scale 8.3.1 Graph Styles Use one of the style buttons to change the graph style to one of the following:...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 49 Cell Properties Select 4 A display properties dialog box opens. Select the Display check box. Figure 50 Chart Color Codes and Line Styles You may also edit the color code and line style for a variable in the dialog box as described in the following table.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 51 Graph Variables The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 40 Graph Variables LABEL DESCRIPTION Style This is the line style discussed above. Variable This is the variable being represented by the line style discussed above.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Fault This chapter describes the event logs and how to perform loopback tests using the Fault screens. 9.1 Event Log To display system event logs click Fault > Event Log to view the following screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 41 Fault: Event Log (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Alarm Type Select the type of logs from the drop-down list box. Choices are All, Communication, QualityOfService, ProcessingError, Equipment and Environmental. Select All for system event logs generated by all alarm types.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 3 Choose a port from the list located on the right-hand side of the screen. 4 In the Timeout field, accept the default or specify a connection timeout period (in seconds). 5 Click Apply to start the loopback test.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Maintenance This chapter tells you how to backup and restore your configuration file as well as upload new firmware and configuration files. 10.1 Firmware Upgrade You must be logged in with system administrator rights to use this function.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 55 Maintenance: Firmware Upgrade 5 After the file transfer is complete, a screen displays showing the result. Click Done to close the screen. When the firmware upgrade process is complete, the switch(es) automatically restarts (the SYS LED blinks).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 57 Maintenance: Device Reset 3 A screen displays. Click Done. The switch will restart. This takes up to two minutes. This does NOT affect the switch’s configuration. Figure 58 Maintenance: Device Reset: Result 10.3 NE Configuration Backup and Restore...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 5 Select Backup to save the configuration to your computer. Or select Restore to restore the configuration file back to the switch. 6 Click Apply. 7 If you chose Restore, the switch automatically restarts when the configuration file upload is complete.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide This may take up to two minutes. If you want to access the switch web configurator again, you may need to change the IP address of your computer to be in the same subnet as that of the default switch IP address.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 43 Maintenance: Scheduled NE Config Backup LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Schedule Frequency Scheduled backups can be performed on a Daily, Weekly or Monthly basis. Select a radio button to schedule configuration backups starting at the date and time specified below.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 62 Maintenance: Scheduled NE Config Backup: Add Devices 10.5.2 Removing a Scheduled NE Configuration Backup Follow the steps below to remove the selected device(s) from the configuration backup schedule. 1 Click Maintenance > Scheduled NE Configuration Backup.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Tools This chapter shows you how to access a switch via Telnet or web configurator directly through the EMS. You may need to do this to test the switch network connection for example.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 11.1.2 Web Access Configure the switch using the web configurator as shown. 1 Select a switch from the list of devices shown in the Device List Panel. 2 Click Tool > Web Access to open the switch web configurator password screen. From here you can log in directly to the switch.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Device Menu Overview This chapter introduces the device configuration menus. 12.1 Device Menu Summary To select a device configuration menu, right-click on a device in the Device List Panel.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 67 Configuration Window The following table describes the elements in this screen. Table 44 Configuration Window LABEL DESCRIPTION Device Panel This panel displays all active devices (of the same type) currently managed by the EMS.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 68 Configuration Window: Port List: Multiple Port Select Click Apply when you are satisfied with the configuration changes. A screen displays showing the configuration result. Figure 69 Applied Results 4 Click Done to close the screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 70 Copy Port Setup: Example Device List Panel Copy Port List Panel Port List Panel The following table describes this screen. Table 45 Copy Port Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION Device List Select a device to which you want to copy from the switch you are currently configuring.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R System Configuration This chapter shows you how to view general system information, configure SNMP, remote management and time setup. 13.1 System Info Section 3.9 on page 41 for information about the switch.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The managed devices contain object variables/managed objects that define each piece of information to be collected about a switch. Examples of variables include such as number of packets received, node port status etc. A Management Information Base (MIB) is a collection of managed objects.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 73 System Configuration: SNMP Conf. The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 47 System Configuration: SNMP Conf. LABEL DESCRIPTION Read Community Enter the get community, which is the password for the incoming Get- and GetNext- requests from the management station.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 74 System Configuration: Remote Management The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 48 System Configuration: Remote Management LABEL DESCRIPTION Services This panel displays the services that you may use to remotely manage the switch.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 13.4 Time Setup The switch keeps track of the time and date. There is also a software mechanism to set the time manually or get the current time and date from an external server when you log in to the switch.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 49 System Configuration: Time Setup (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION New Time (hh:mm:ss) Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format. Current Date This field displays an updated date only when you re-enter this menu.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 50 System Configuration: RADIUS LABEL DESCRIPTION Authentication Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the external RADIUS server in dotted decimal notation.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 51 System Configuration: IP Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION IP Setup Default Enter the IP address of the default outgoing gateway in dotted decimal notation, for Gateway example 192.168.1.254.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 78 System Configuration: IP Setup: Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 52 System Configuration: IP Setup: Add LABEL DESCRIPTION IP Address Enter the IP address of your switch in dotted decimal notation for example 192.168.1.1.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Switch Configuration This chapter shows how to configure switch settings such as priority queuing, STP, link aggregation and GARP timer. 14.1 Switch Setup Use the switch setup screen to set a VLAN type, a queuing method and enable or disable features in the Active Control panel.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the related labels in the screen. Table 53 Switch Configuration: Switch Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION VLAN Type Choose 802.1Q or Port Based from the drop-down list box. The VLAN Setup screen changes depending on whether you choose 802.1Q or Port Based VLAN type in this screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 53 Switch Configuration: Switch Setup (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION VLAN Stacking Select the check box to enable VLAN stacking. In the SP TPID drop-down list box, select a standard Ethernet type code to identify the frame and indicate whether the frame carries IEEE 802.1Q tag...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 54 Switch Configuration: Priority Queue LABELS DESCRIPTION Priority Queue IEEE 802.1p defines up to 8 separate traffic types by inserting a tag into a MAC-layer Assignment frame that contains bits to define class of service.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 81 Switch Configuration: STP Conf. The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 55 Switch Configuration: STP Conf. LABEL DESCRIPTION Priority Priority is used in determining the root device, root port and designated port. The device with the highest priority (lowest numeric value) becomes the RSTP root device.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The first port must be physically connected when forming a trunk group. 14.4.1 Dynamic Link Aggregation This feature is not available on all models. The switch adheres to the IEEE 802.3ad standard for static and dynamic (LACP) port trunking.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 14.4.3 Configuring Link Aggregation Activate link aggregation in the Switch Setup screen. 1 In the Device Panel list, select a device and then right-click. 2 Click Configuration > Switch Configuration > Link Aggregation to display the following screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 14.5 GARP Timer Switches join VLANs by making a declaration. A declaration is made by issuing a Join message using GARP. Declarations are withdrawn by issuing a Leave message. A Leave All message terminates all registrations. GARP timers set declaration timeout values. See the chapter on VLAN setup for more background information.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 1 In the Device Panel list, select a device and then right-click. 2 Click Configuration > Switch Configuration > Filtering to display the following screen. Figure 84 Switch Configuration: Filtering The following table describes the labels in this screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 85 Switch Configuration: Filtering: Add The following table describes the related labels in this screen. Table 61 Switch Configuration: Filtering: Add LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Make sure to select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it by deselecting this check box.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 86 Switch Configuration: MAC Forwarding The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 62 Switch Configuration: MAC Forwarding LABEL DESCRIPTION Index Click an index number to modify a static MAC address rule for a port.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 87 Switch Configuration: MAC Forwarding: Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 63 Switch Configuration: MAC Forwarding: Add LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it by clearing this check box.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 88 Switch Configuration: Mirroring The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 64 Switch Configuration: Mirroring LABEL DESCRIPTION Monitor The monitor port is the port you copy the traffic to in order to examine it in more detail Port without interfering with the traffic flow on the original port(s).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R VLAN This chapter describes how to view VLAN status, add and edit VLANs and how to use the VLAN template. The type of screen you see here depends on the VLAN Type you selected in the Switch Setup screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 4 Click Configuration > VLAN Configuration to display the configuration screen. Figure 90 VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 65 VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q LABEL DESCRIPTION Device Name This field displays the descriptive name for the device.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 65 VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Modify Click on a VLAN in the left-hand column of this screen. Change the VLAN ID, VLAN Name or change the configuration of the egress, forbidden and untagged ports. Click the Modify button to save the changes.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 66 VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q: Modify LABEL DESCRIPTION VLAN Identity Active Select Active to enable this VLAN. VLAN ID This field displays a unique number to identify the VLAN.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 15.3 Introduction to Port-based VLANs Port-based VLANs are VLANs where the packet forwarding decision is based on the destination MAC address and its associated port. Port-based VLANs require allowed outgoing ports to be defined for each port. Therefore, if...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 68 VLAN Configuration: Port Based LABEL DESCRIPTION Timeout The text box displays how long (in seconds) an SNMP request times out. You may...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Ethernet Port Configuration This chapter shows how to configure the Ethernet port settings. 16.1 Overview Use the Ethernet Port Configuration screens to set port-related settings (such as port VLAN, STP and security, etc.).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 69 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION Timeout The text box displays how long (in seconds) an SNMP request times out. You may...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 69 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Setup (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION BPDU Control Configure the way to treat BPDUs received on this port. You must activate bridging control protocol transparency in the Switch Setup screen first.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 70 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port VLAN LABEL DESCRIPTION Ingress This feature is not supported on all models. If this check box is selected for a port, the device discards incoming frames for VLANs that do not include this port in its member set.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 71 Ethernet Port Configuring: Port Link Aggregation LABEL DESCRIPTION Timeout The text box displays how long (in seconds) an SNMP request times out. You may...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 72 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port STP (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Path Cost Path cost is the cost of transmitting a frame on to a LAN through that port. It is assigned according to the speed of the link. The slower the media, the higher the cost (refer to the table on path cost in the section on STP).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 16.7 Broadcast Storm Control Broadcast storm control limits the number of broadcast, multicast and destination lookup failure (DLF) packets the switch receives per second on the ports. When the maximum number of allowable broadcast, multicast and/or DLF packets is reached per second, the subsequent packets are discarded.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 74 Ethernet Port Configuration: Broadcast Storm Ctrl. (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Select this option and specify how many destination lookup failure (DLF) packets the port receives per second. Apply Click Apply to save the changes.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 75 Ethernet Port Configuration: Queue Method (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Q0 - Q7 For Weighted Fair Scheduling, select the queue weight here. Bandwidth is divided across the different traffic queues according to their weights. Queues with larger weights get more guaranteed bandwidth than queues with smaller weights.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 3 Select Active to enable the DSCP-to-IEEE 802.1q mapping. Set the mapping in the IP Configuration: DSCP screen (refer to Section 18.7 on page 180). 4 Click Apply to save the changes. Figure 101 Ethernet Port Configuration: DiffServ 16.11 Port Security...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 76 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Security TABLE DESCRIPTION Active Select this check box to enable the port security feature on selected ports. Address Learning MAC address learning reduces outgoing broadcast traffic. For MAC address learning to occur on a port, the port itself must be active with address learning enabled.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 77 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Mirroring LABEL DESCRIPTION Mirrored Select this option to mirror the traffic on a port. Direction Specify the direction of the traffic to mirror. Select Egress (outgoing), Ingress (incoming) or Both from the drop-down list box.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 78 Ethernet Port Configuration: VLAN Stacking LABEL DESCRIPTION Role Select Normal to have the switch ignore frames received (or transmitted) on this port with VLAN stacking tags.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 79 Ethernet Port Configuration: Bandwidth Ctrl. LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select this check box to enable bandwidth control on the selected port(s). You may temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it by clearing this check box.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Multicast Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure multicast settings and MVR (Multicast VLAN Registration) groups. 17.1 Overview Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in one of either two ways - Unicast (1 sender to 1 recipient) or Broadcast (1 sender to everybody on the network).
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 80 Multicast Configuration: Multicast Settings (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Modify Click Modify to change the multicast settings of the selected port. Load Template Click Load Template to display a screen you use to select a multicast template.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Note: When you apply a multicast template, all custom port multicast settings will be erased. In the Multicast Setting screen, select a device in the device list panel and click Load Template. A screen displays as shown.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 17.2.3 Displaying IGMP Filter Profile You can create IGMP filter templates in the IGMP Filter Template screen (refer to Section 6.3 on page 70) and apply IGMP filter templates in the Multicast Template screen.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide MVR allows one single multicast VLAN to be shared among different subscriber VLANs on the network. While isolated in different subscriber VLANs, connected devices can subscriber to and unsubscribe from the multicast stream in the multicast VLAN. This improves bandwidth utilization with reduced multicast traffic in the subscriber VLANs and simplifies multicast group management.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 110 Multicast Configuration: MVR The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 84 Multicast Configuration: MVR LABEL DESCRIPTION MVLAN This table displays the settings the multicast VLAN settings. VLAN This field displays the multicast VLAN ID.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 84 Multicast Configuration: MVR (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Click Add to add a new entry. Modify Click Modify to change the settings of the selected MVR. Delete Click Delete to remove the selected MVR.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 11A screen displays showing the configuration result. Click Done to close the screen. Figure 112 Multicast Configuration: MVR: Add MVLAN: Result 17.3.5 Creating a New MVR Group Follow the steps below to create a new MVR group.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 114 Multicast Configuration: MVR: Add 4 In the Start Address field, enter the starting IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted decimal notation. 5 In the End Address field, enter the ending IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted decimal notation.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R IP Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the routing functions using the IP Configuration screens. 18.1 RIP RIP (Routing Information Protocol allows a routing device to exchange routing information with other routers.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 85 IP Configuration: RIP (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Direction The Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets. When set to: • Both - the switch will broadcast its routing table periodically and incorporate the RIP information that it receives.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide You can configure a virtual link to establish/maintain connectivity between a non-backbone area and the backbone. The virtual ink must be configured on both layer 3 devices in the non- backbone area and the backbone.
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 87 IP Configuration: OSPF (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Type Select 1 for routing protocols (such as RIP) whose external metrics are directly comparable to the internal OSPF cost. When selecting a path, the internal OSPF cost is added to the AB boundary router to the external metrics.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 87 IP Configuration: OSPF (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Modify Click Modify to change the settings of the selected OSPF interface. Delete Click Delete to remove the selected OSPF interface. 18.2.4 Configuring a New OSPF Area Follow the steps below to create a new OSPF area.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 88 IP Configuration: OSPF: New OSPF Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Default Route Specify a cost (between 0 and 16777214) used to add a default route into a stub area Cost for routes which are external to an OSPF domain. If you do not set a route cost, no default route is added.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 89 IP Configuration: OSPF: New Virtual Link (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Note: Virtual interface(s) must use the same authentication method Authentication within the same area. Select an authentication method. Choices are Same-as-Area, None (default), Simple and MD5.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 90 IP Configuration: OSPF: New Interface LABEL DESCRIPTION Network Select an IP interface. Area ID Select the area ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal notation) of an area to associate the interface to that area.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 121 IP Configuration: IGMP The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 91 IP Configuration: IGMP LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select this check box to enable IGMP on the switch. Note: You cannot enable both IGMP snooping and IGMP at the same time.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 122 IP Configuration: DVMRP The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 92 IP Configuration: DVMRP LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select Active to enable DVMRP on the switch. You should do this if you want the switch to act as a multicast router.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide 18.5.1 DHCP modes Depending on your switch model, your switch can be configured as a DHCP server or DHCP relay agent. • If you configure the switch as a DHCP server, it will maintain the pool of addresses and distribute them to your LAN computers.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 93 IP Configuration: DHCP: Server LABEL DESCRIPTION This field displays the ID number of the VLAN group to which this DHCP settings apply.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 94 IP Configuration: DHCP: Server: New (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Primary/ Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers are passed to the Secondary DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 125 IP Configuration: DHCP: Relay The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 95 IP Configuration: DHCP: Relay LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select this check box to enable DHCP relay. Remote DHCP Enter the IP address of a DHCP server in dotted decimal notation.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide In VRRP, a virtual router (VR) represents a number of physical layer-3 devices. An IP address is associated with the virtual router. A layer-3 device having the same IP address is the preferred master router while the other Layer-3 devices are the backup routers. The master router forwards traffic for the virtual router.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Table 96 IP Configuration: VRRP (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Index This field displays the index number of an entry. Active This field shows whether a VRRP entry is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No). Name This field displays a descriptive name of an entry.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 97 VRRP Configuration: VRRP Parameters LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select this option to enable this VRRP interface. Name Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for identification purposes.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Configure DSCP mappings in the DiffServ screen. Click IP Configuration > DiffServ to display the screen as shown. Figure 128 IP Configuration: DiffServ The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 99 DiffServ: DSCP Setting...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 129 IP Configuration: Static Route The following table describes the labels in the summary table. Table 100 Routing Configuration: Static Route LABEL DESCRIPTION Index This field displays the index number of the route.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 130 Routing Configuration: Static Route: Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 101 Routing Configuration: Static Route: Add or Modify LABEL DESCRIPTION Active This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide H A P T E R Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the corresponding remedies. 19.1 Installation Problems Table 102 General Installation Problems PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The EMS or Make sure that the computer meets the minimum hardware and software PostgreSQL requirements.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Figure 131 EMS: Remove 2 Select ZyXEL NetAtlas Enterprise V1.02 and then click Change/Remove (or Add/ Remove depending on your version of Windows). 3 Click Yes when asked to confirm removal. The Uninstall Shield now runs.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Appendix A SNMPc Network Manager This appendix gives a brief overview of the SNMPc Network Manager. Starting the SNMPc Network Manager You must have SNMPc properly installed before you can use the EMS; please refer to the Castle Rock web site at www.castlerock.com...
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide SNMPc Main Window The following figure and table show the elements of the SNMPc main window. Figure 133 SNMPc Main Windows Table 105 SNMPc Main Window ELEMENT FUNCTION Main Button Bar Buttons and controls to execute common commands quickly. Hold the cursor over an icon to see a tool tip.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Selection Tool If you can’t see the selection tool, click View, Selection Tool to display it. Use the selection tool to manipulate objects from one of several databases. Use the drag control at the right of the selection tool to change its size.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide View Window Area The View Window Area is the main interface for viewing the SNMPc map and command results. This area uses the Multi-Document-Interface (MDI) specification to display multiple windows at the same time. Click Window and select Cascade, Tile Horizontally or Tile Vertically to rearrange the windows in the View Window Area in a way that makes them all visible.
NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Appendix B Alarm Types and Causes This appendix shows examples of probable alarm types and causes. Table 107 Alarm Types and Causes ALARM TYPE PROBABLE CAUSES Communications • Loss of signal • Degraded signal •...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Norway, Contact Information Qualified Service Personnel Opening Operating Condition OSPF Radio Communications Advantage Radio Frequency Energy Area Radio Interference Area 0 Area ID 167, 168 Radio Reception Authentication 167, 168, 170, 171 Radio Technician...
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NetAtlas Enterprise Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide Software Voltage, High Spain, Contact Information VRID (Virtual Router ID) Stub area 165, 168 VRRP Authentication Supply Voltage Backup router Support E-mail How it works Supporting Disk Master router Sweden, Contact Information Preempt mode...
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